Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Edward Welsh was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th May 1820 and arriving 28th Oct 1820 with 170 passengers.
The 'Guildford' was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 308 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Online EDWARD WELSH. JAMES WRIGHT. ANN HALL. JAMES CONLEY. JAMES CAREY. WILLIAM BROWN. WILLIAM WOOD. HENRY BUCKNELL. JAMES MELVIN. HENRY JOHNSON. JOHN WILLIAMS. SARAH PALEY. SARAH WICKS. JOHN PARSONS. JOHN STOREY. GEORGE PERRY. WILLIAM GARRATT. MARY KELLY. JAMES BRYANT. CATHARINE MARTIN. Royal Offences; coining offences. 12th January 1820 Text type Trial account Defendants EDWARD WELSH, JAMES WRIGHT, ANN HALL, JAMES CONLEY, JAMES CAREY, WILLIAM BROWN, WILLIAM WOOD, HENRY BUCKNELL, JAMES MELVIN, HENRY JOHNSON, JOHN WILLIAMS, SARAH PALEY, SARAH WICKS, JOHN PARSONS, JOHN STOREY, GEORGE PERRY, WILLIAM GARRATT, MARY KELLY, JAMES BRYANT, CATHARINE MARTIN Offences Royal Offences > Coining offences Session Date 12th January 1820 Reference Number t18200112-40 Verdicts Guilty > Pleaded guilty Punishments Transportation 248. EDWARD WELSH , JAMES WRIGHT , ANN HALL , JAMES CONLEY , JAMES CAREY , WILLIAM BROWN , WILLIAM WOOD , HENRY BUCKNELL , JAMES MELVIN , HENRY JOHNSON , JOHN WILLIAMS , SARAH PALEY , SARAH WICKS *, JOHN PARSONS , JOHN STOREY , GEORGE PERRY , WILLIAM GARRATT , MARY KELLY , JAMES BRYANT , and CATHARINE MARTIN were severally and separately indicted for feloniously and without lawful excuse, having in their possession, forged Bank of England notes, they well knowing them to be forged . To which indictments the prisoners severally and separately pleaded, GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years . Before Messrs. Justice Holroyd and Burrough.
1826 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Year; 1826 No; 222 Name; Edward Welsh Ship arrived by; Guildford To whom assigned/Occupation; ABSCONDED; 21 Sept 1824 1832 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Year; 1832 Remarks; Absconded
Hobart Town Gazette, 4 Mar 1825 Absconded prisoners Edward Welsh, 222, 5 ft 4½ in. brown hair, blue eyes, 24 years of age, a seaman, tried at Middlesex Jan. 12, 1820, sentence 14 years, arrived in this Colony per Guildford 1820, native place London, absconded from the Public Works Sept. 21, 1824.—£2 Reward.